Preliminary design, finished drawing and working drawing for the fifth scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, executed with minor alterations (3)

Explore Collections

You are here: CollectionsOnline / Preliminary design, finished drawing and working drawing for the fifth scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, executed with minor alterations (3)

Browse

Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Monuments and mausolea
  - Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire: monument to John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow, probably commissioned by Elizabeth, Countess of Glasgow, 1775, as executed (14)

Purpose

Preliminary design, finished drawing and working drawing for the fifth scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, executed with minor alterations (3)

Notes

Adam's fifth scheme for the funerary monument shows the executed design with minor alterations. The executed urn is daintier than that shown in the drawings, and the heraldry of the Boyle coat of arms more accurately depicted in execution.

Level

Group

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk

Contents of Preliminary design, finished drawing and working drawing for the fifth scheme for the funerary monument, 1775, executed with minor alterations (3)